Tomorrow night I’m leaving for a weekend in Montreal with three of my girlfriends, and am super pumped!  I really, really need a weekend away, and this Girls Weekend should be great - indulging in nice dinners, and at least two crazy nights on the town.

As I’ve been working on getting back into my regular fitness/nutrition routine, a Girls weekend will probably throw me back a couple of days (weeks!) and so I’ll be getting right back into it with a Green Smoothie Cleanse!

Some of you probably heard me raving about the amazing Healthy Meal Workshop I went to a couple of weekends ago, run by Meghan Telpner (Certified Nutritionist and Holistic Lifestyle Consultant).  I’ve already made her Coriander Pesto and Zucchini Hummus to rave reviews - and am going back for me!

On Monday, I’ll be starting Meghans 3-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse - 3 days of only drinking green smoothies & drinks.  It will be a great detox and help to clean out my body after a weekend of over indulgence.

By doing the cleanse, I’ll get:

• 2 Support Phone Calls - to help guide the way and answer any questions
• a 40 page booklet with all of the resources that I’ll need

Would you like to join us?  Click the image below to visit Meghans site “Making Love in the Kitchen” and learn more.

So it looks like we’ll all be donning our rubber boots and rain coats tomorrow for Pay It Backwards Day, which will make breaking a world record even more fun!

Starting at noon tomorrow, hundreds of Do Gooders will gather at the Second Cup (Queen & John, Toronto) to buy each other coffee, tea, and other delicious drinks while enjoying some fantastic street-side entertainment, in support of Sick Kids Hospital.

How does it work? It’s simple! Here’s a Step by Step Guide to Pay It Backwards Day (#pibTO):

Step One: Show up at Queen and John at 1pm (sharp).

Step Two: Register and get your PIB Bib (hehe) with your Do Gooder number.

Step Three: Proceed to the Pay It Backward line and enjoy:

• Music from Flow 93.5 live on location
• Basketball & Soccer freestyle tricks from Canada’s professional basketball trickster, Q-Mack and the Canadian Freestyle Soccer team

Step Four: Mix and mingle with some Pay It Backward celebrities:

• Michael Landsberg, the host of TSN’s Off The Record
• Erica Ehm one of Canada’s most recognized television personalities & host of the Yummy Mummy Club.

Step Five: Tell the person in front of you what you’ll be having - they’ll buy you your drink when they get to the counter!

Step Six: Ask the person behind you what they’re having - buy them their drink when you get to the counter!

Step Seven: Celebrate! You’ve just helped to break a world record - and the best part is 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO SICK KIDS HOSPITAL!!!!

Step Eight: Take some pictures, enjoy your drink, and give Darius Bashar (@dariusbashar) and the rest of the #pibTO team a hug of appreciation!

If that wasn’t enough of a reason to attend, the 100th, 200th, 300th, and 400th people in line will receive a $50 iTunes gift card! Just stand in line in the right spot.

I hope to see everyone there, supporting Sick Kids and participating in a historic act of kindness.  You can RSVP on Facebook here!

Visit www.dailychallenge.org for more ways you can get involved with the community, and continue showing the world that we really are Toronto the Good!!

Hello lovely readers,

I’m back now from a month-and-a-half long hiatus.  There have been some big and exciting things happening in my life (I can’t wait to divulge but they’re top secret for now) and have been quite busy!  Looking forward to start posting again soon.

Also, I wanted to give a big shout out to Verne Ho, the Creative Superhero at Daily Challenge.  He so graciously helped me figure out how to put widgets on my sidebar (or at least set it up so that I can put widgets on my sidebar - coming soon).  If you’re interested in great creative, techie, and social media insight, check out his blog Creative Briefing - I promise you won’t be disappointed!

TS